Comedy has evolved a lot over the centuries and millennia, but one particular comedy mainstay has stood the test of time time and time again: slapstick. It turns out that civilization, no matter how advanced it gets, will always appreciate a good experience, or even something as simple as a human being moving in a way that humans aren’t supposed to. We’re all just complex erect monkeys, at the end of the day.
And so, in honor of the unassuming and funny form of comedy that is slapstick, we’ve rounded up the best physical comedy games the Nintendo Switch has to offer. “Wacky Physics” is its own kind of game, and it usually has to do with either intentionally frustrating controls, ragdoll characters that feel like driving a mechanism made of jelly, or physics simulation dials of up to 11.
If you are a fan of clowning – and of course you are a living human being – be sure to check out these games!
publisher: Boneloaf / Developer: Boneloaf
In the Party Games Hall of Fame, Gang Beasts is one of the OG’s big dogs, along with Nidhogg, Jackbox, and Overcooked. Gang Beasts is a chaotic and wonky word-based physics game uncomposite From its players to create fun and joy, like a giant chocolate cake or a puppy, it has always been a huge hit whenever we pull it out at parties.
Most matches end because people struggle to keep their pups upright, let alone manage to knock everyone else off the ferris wheel. Often, by default, the winner is the only one who hasn’t stumbled to his feet – but that doesn’t make it any less fun in Local Play, because the fun he Chaos. It’s more about laughing at silly wobbly bodies and floppy, ineffective buttons than it is about the skill required to be really good at the game, and that’s fine by us.
publisher: Coatsink software / Developer: Bit games on the horizon
What will you get if you take one portion push me i pull youone part newbie boyone part dog cat And surprisingly great help Brothers: A Story of Two Sons? Depending on which parts you take, you’ll either end up with a story of brotherly love and body horror, or you’ll end up with a Foggs: a game in which you play, simultaneously, as two halves of a two-headed snake.
Phogs is a real dose of unbridled joy wrapped in a strange package of physics. It’s hard to play this game without having a huge smile on your face. The Switch version has a few minor-to-major issues here and there, but it rarely slows down the puzzle-solving momentum and wobbly gameplay – this is another great co-op experience for the Nintendo system.
publisher: Curve Digital / Developer: There are no brake games
It has been said that the essence of comedy is tragedy plus time. A nice show here and there is enough to brighten anyone’s day, but when you’re playing both in the audience And A pratfall victim, things get a little more complicated.
Developer No Brakes has created an experience where physical comedy is inevitable, as a bumbling idiot is forced to solve complex physics puzzles, and trying to master it all is the real challenge. Human fall flat He throws away the classic banana peel, insisting on the comic virtues of freighters, wrecking balls and coal furnaces in his place.
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publisher: Nintendo / Developer: Tarsier Studios
stretchers he very funny. Tarsier’s comical co-op puzzle game is a big, bright blast of physics-based OTT ragdoll that sees you and a friend You can play solo but two are the sweet spot here Control a pair of wobbly medics and they Crazy taxi– Ambulance style as you race around Greenhorn Island to save Dizziness from the nefarious plans of Captain Brin, who has been throwing the locals into a state of mental confusion in a bizarre attempt to get revenge on you and your rescue team.
Developer: land
This wildly popular wobbly experience might be something you’ve never heard of, but you’re pretty much in the minority — it’s garnered nearly 100,000 positive reviews on Steam, and has sold more than 3 million units, having snowballed once again. others in 2019.
It’s a great game for adults who love clowning, but it’s even better with kids. Launch your ragdoll army into enemies and watch them swarm all over the place, like toy soldiers but also, So Stupid. With tons of free updates, TABS is a million times better than it was in 2019. You just have to try it.
publisher: Tomorrow Foundation / Developer: Tomorrow Foundation
At its squishy center, World of Goo is a physics-based puzzle game with an unusual amount of heart. In about each of the 50 levels, you’ll have some sentient sticky balls and a target to reach – usually a pipe that needs to suck up a certain amount of small dots – with free control over how to get there. Dragging goos within range of their friends will see them automatically connect and then solidify, allowing you to create extensive – and often slightly off-kilter – goo structures with the little guys.
This game is a true classic, and it’s respected for good reason. instantly accessible but with plenty of depth; It is perfectly structured, with a constant stream of new tricks and techniques to learn; Its puzzles can be solved through forward thinking, quick reflexes, or a combination of both.
publisher: little horses / Developer: little horses
You are an octopus stuffed with a suit, and your family – your wife and two children, Somehow – I have no idea. And you want to keep it that way, which means maneuvering yourself around your daily tasks in as unplanned a way as possible.
While some tasks such as weeding the garden or making coffee may seem easy enough, performing these tasks in your octopus form is far from simple, as controlling your character is one of the unique but also divisive aspects of the game. Octodad. When operating each limb independently, you’ll use a combination of the left and right trigger to raise or lower your “legs”, the sticks to move your arms and the R to grab/leave marked objects. It’s weird, messy, and unexpected, much like trying to wrestle a real octopus for an actual suit — but that’s where the humor comes from.
publisher: Bosa Studios / Developer: Bosa Studios
This process is not going well. It was supposed to be a “simple” heart transplant. Take out the old tape, and start on the new one. easy. This is not the case Brain surgery After all (well, not yet, at least). Unfortunately, we smashed the patient’s rib cage with a hammer and pulled his lungs straight out of his chest like fleshy baggage. Unfortunately, the new heart knocked us to the ground, so we put a close bottle of fizzy pop on instead and casually flipped the fast-flying doom theme with our blood-soaked fingers.
This is it CPR surgeon simulator In a bloody short stand alone; It’s a blood-soaked mix of unwieldy motion controls, sharp gadgets and a series of unfortunate patients who are too drugged to raise much protest. With the added help of local co-op shenanigans, this isn’t easy A game to play, but it sure is hilarious.
publisher: Coffee Stain Studios / Developer: double eleven
Goat Simulator: Goats It’s the kind of game you’ll either get or won’t get. It’s either a hilarious way to kill time and effect some form of skill amidst the chaos, or it’s just a joke that jumped after the laughter.
So what exactly he Goat simulator? Well, you control a goat (Shock Horror) who runs around different areas causing as much brutal destruction as a four legged beast could unleash. You can speed up scenes and people by pressing “ZR”, jumping with “B”, turning your body by pressing “ZL”, moving the left analog stick and sticking your tongue through “Y”. Yes, that sounds stupid, and lo and behold he Stupid, but that’s kind of the point.
publisher: panic / Developer: house house
For a game that sees you controlling waterfowl and doesn’t have any bots, guns, or tormenting subplots, it’s amazing how much interest there is. Untitled goose game It has been gaining ground since it was revealed in October 2017. With its unique visual style, whimsical setting and instantly relatable protagonist, the House House title has captured the hearts and minds of everyone who saw it.
Oh, in case you missed it somehow – you goose. Very naughty goose. And you are here to wreak havoc in the little village of course. Honk.
When completing missions, Untitled Goose Game’s cool interface and fully realized world come to the fore; Your pesky winged avatar is a real joy to control, and thanks to some powerful and compelling physics, the objects interact Just As you’d expect from them – the balls roll on gentle slopes, while the solids stack on top of each other fairly reliably (ideal when a challenge requires you to weigh a bunch of scales, for example).
publisher: Nintendo / Developer: Hull laboratory
In UFO Part-Time, you are a sentient little UFO who finds himself on Earth looking for work. After he helps the farmer load some crates onto the back of the truck, the farmer gives him a magazine with a stack of part-time job advertisements. These make up the stages of the game, and it is up to Jobski (that’s you) to take on each job and carry out the tasks required in each. Conveniently, all of the available jobs make use of Jobski’s unique skill: the ability to lower a large claw that can grab onto things.
Naturally, it’s all physics-based, which leads to a kind of cross between the awesome Nintendo Badge Arcade app on the 3DS and something like world of gooThat last comparison is especially apparent when the stages get more elaborate and you find yourself trying to stack several things on top of each other or trying to fit them into a hammock-like area where you have to make sure the weight is evenly distributed.